Bolivia

Life in Bolivia 2002

• Population 8.3 million (growth rate 2.0%) (Ireland: 3.8 million)
  
  
• Life Expectancy 62.4 years (Ireland: 76.6)
  
  
• Adult Literacy: 85.5 ( Ireland 99%)
  
  
• Income per capita: $2, 424 (Ireland $29,866)
  
  
• Population living on less than $1 per day: 14.4% (Ireland no data)
  
  
• Infant mortality rate: 62 per 1,000 live births (Ireland 6 per 1,000)
  
  
• Children under weight (age 5): 10% (Ireland: no data)
  
  
• Children under height (age 5): 26% (Ireland: no data)
  
  
• Under nourished people: 22% (Ireland no data)
  
  
• Health expenditure per person $69 (Ireland $1,569)
  
  
• People living with HIV/AIDS: 0.1% (Ireland 0.11%)

Source: United Nations Development Programme, Human Development Report 2002

GDP: Boliviano 52 billion (US$9.4 billion) (2000)
Growth: 3.8 percent (2000)
Inflation: 3.4 percent (2000)
Debt: US$4.3 billion
Defence expenditure: Boliviano 796 million, US $130 million (2000)

(Source: Alertnet.org: Military Balance 2001/2002, IISS)

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